Casualties (Yandere Males x Reader)

[04] New Perspectives

Your gaze towards Utari hardened in vexation and you held back a scoff in exasperation. Instead, you let out a quiet indignant huff in a way to suppress the sheer animosity that was boiling in your system, yelling at you to punch the guy in the face.

You were there with him this morning, and you were aware that he knew that there was no time for you to ruin Aimi's desk. He knew very well that he could easily clarify that fact with everyone and avoid this entire situation completely.

But he didn't, and he even chose to add fuel to the fire. That was where your anger derived from. Just what game was he playing at? What did he gain from your reputation being harmed?

You were tempted to call him out, confront him right then and there, but you manage to hold yourself back. Even if a few people believed you, you didn't doubt that Utari can easily sway everyone's opinion with just a few sentences. In other words, you weren't about to engage in a losing battle.

"No, it wasn't me. I arrived here early and happened to walk by it," you explained. "It's your choice if you don't believe me, but I'm not going to go into any arguments. We should quickly clean her desk before the homeroom teacher arrives."

As you head on over to your desk, you felt a weird sense of authority when people shuffled to clear the way for you. As you settled down your bag, there was a gentle tap on your shoulder. Glancing up, you expected to be faced with incredulous faces and doubtful gazes, however, you were surprised to see that everyone had an understanding expression.

"It's okay, (L/n)-san. It was obvious that Kasumi-san did it."

"Yeah! She probably tried to frame you. That bitch deserves to be expelled."

"Utari-kun is new to the school so he doesn't know what kind of person she is. He didn't mean it."

Well, as a matter of fact, Utari had asked you this morning if you were aware of the rumours around Kasumi. So, to you, he seemed very aware of the type of person she was.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" Utari apologised, his voice was laced with a sickening sweet layer of sincerity. "I didn't mean to put you on the spot like that. Is there any way I can make it up to you?"

You strained a smile on your lips, the action making you feel like throwing up. "You were just asking a question, no need."

"Oh, I see." Utari sighed in relief and smiled tenderly at you. "I'm sorry for causing such a scene, it was just that..."

The faint trail in his voice switched your brain on high alert. A foreboding feeling instantly hammered your heart and you quickly spoke up, "well I'll be going to get the cleaning––"

"...(L/n)-san and Kasumi-san seemed to be good friends, so I tried to disregard the rumours on her." The male hummed in contemplation, head cocking to the side as a thoughtful look reflected in his optics. He then directed his attention back to you, a triumphal look in his eyes as if he had successfully ignited the candle that was needed to erupt into a blazing fire.

And he was right, his 'innocent' moment of contemplation struck a realisation within everyone. Whispers began surfacing again and this time you weren't able to ignore them like before.

"Ohh, he has a point."

"I may be overthinking this, but (L/n)-san did defend Kasumi-san yesterday at Karaoke. Maybe she..."

"Seriously? Maybe they're friends?"

"But people who are friends with her are never good people."

"Maybe she's kissing up to her? Kasumi-san's family is pretty influential."